18: Drugs for Shock

Question 1

describe warm vs cold shock

Answer 1

1. warm: high CO and low TPR due to vasodilation, fluid shifts into third spaces
2. cold: profound hypotension, cold mottled skin with petechiae

Question 2

examples of things that can cause cardiogenic shock

Answer 2

MI, arrhythmias, acute mitral or aortic valve regurg, rupture of heart, large PE, cardiac tamponade